Newmark Taps Chad Lavender as President of Capital Markets

Chad Lavender is the new President of Capital Markets for the Newmark Group’s operating businesses in North America. Lavender will serve on the company’s Executive Committee, the corporate management steering committee, and reports to Newmark’s newly formalized Capital Markets Executive Committee, made up of Co-Heads of U.S. Capital Markets, Rob Griffin, Douglas Harmon, Kevin Shannon and Adam Spies, among others.

As President of Capital Markets for North America, Lavender is responsible for driving the capital markets business for every asset type, including multifamily, office, industrial, retail and alternative investment classes.

Lavender has completed investment sales, recapitalizations, debt and joint venture equity transactions totaling more than $37 billion in value throughout the U.S. Formerly Newmark’s Vice Chairman and Co-Head of Healthcare & Alternative Real Estate Assets group, Lavender joined the company to form and co-lead the group in 2019. Previously, Lavender held roles as Co-Head of HFF’s national healthcare group—where his seniors housing- and healthcare-focused team consistently ranked among the company’s top producers—and an investment advisor with Apartment Realty Advisors’ seniors housing group prior to the firm’s acquisition by Newmark. Lavender will continue to advise within the company’s Healthcare & Alternative Real Estate Assets group and recently launched Single Family Rental group alongside Vice Chairman Ryan Maconachy.